Bank holiday crash biker is named

A man killed in a motorbike accident on the A30 over the bank holiday weekend has been named by police. John Dickenson, 48, from the Newbury area, was riding a Harley Davidson with his wife in the company of a group of friends. He was involved in a single vehicle crash on the A30 eastbound near Stowford Cross at about 2.40pm on Sunday. Mr Dickenson was pronounced dead at the scene while his wife, a pillion passenger, was taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital for treatment to injuries described as serious but not life threatening.